Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Health

This second edition of Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Health reviews issues and methods of assessing health care technologies and related programs. It emphasizes methods to perform economic evaluations, such as cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis; methods to assess efficacy, effectiveness, and safety of health care technologies; effectiveness research; and applications to clinical and public policy. The book provides in-depth discussion of the uses and conducting of cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) as decision-making aids in public health, health services, and medicine. It explores cost-effectiveness in the context of societal decision making for resource allocation purposes. Chapter topics include: Defining and explaining cost-effectiveness, principles of cost-effectiveness analysis, how to develop a research project, working with costs, probabilities and models, calculating life expectancy, working with health-related quality of life measures, calculating quality-adjusted life years, conducting a sensitivity analysis, preparing your study for publication, working with data, and finding the data you need.

ISBN 0787995568   Pages 288 ISBN13 9780787995560 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc   Weight (grammes) 622 Imprint Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.   Published in New York Format Hardback   Height (mm) 237 Publication date 16 Nov 2007   Width (mm) 185 Library of Congress 2007026832   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY 338.433621   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

Ch. 1		Introduction to Cost-Effectiveness		1
Ch. 2		Principles of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis		19
Ch. 3		Developing a Research Project		36
Ch. 4		Working with Costs		50
Ch. 5		Probabilities and Models		75
Ch. 6		Calculating Life Expectancy		87
Ch. 7		Working with Health-Related Quality-Of-Life Measures		104
Ch. 8		Calculating QALYs		117
Ch. 9		Conducting a Sensitivity Analysis		137
Ch. 10		Preparing Your Study for Publication		149
Ch. 11		Working with Data		155
Ch. 12		Finding the Data You Need		179
App. A		Answer Key to Exercises		191
App. B		Life Expectancy and Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy Tables		197
App. C		EuroQol Instrument and Weighting Scheme		201
App. D		Diagnosis, Charges, Medicare Reimbursement, Average Length of Stay, and Cost-to-Charge Ratio by Diagnosis-Related Groups, 2004		203

"Few authors share Dr. Muennig's gift for reducing a complex topic to a series of practical steps that mere mortals can easily follow. This instruction manual for cost-effectiveness research, as the author accurately describes it, provides numerous tips and real-world examples. The book is essential reading for anyone designing a pharmacoeconomic or comparative-effectiveness clinical study." (Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices, November 2010)

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